A landscape architecture design-build firm with projects both national and international. ZEN Associates was founded in 1980 by Shinichiro Abe, who earned a Master's in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University and a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture from Tokyo University. Prior to his arrival in the United States, Mr. Abe served as an apprentice, restoring and reconstructing prominent temple gardens in Kyoto and throughout Japan. Partner Peter White, who joined ZEN Associates in 1990, previously worked for The Architects Collaborative (TAC) in Cambridge, Massachusetts and for Environmental Design and Research (EDR) in Syracuse, New York, where he also received his Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture from Syracuse University.